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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Subject: bug#37021: GuixSD 1.01-i686 install DVD boot failure on Macbook1,
 1: failed to resolve partition
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:15:33 -0400
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Calvin Heim <frofroggy@gmail.com> writes:

> Apologies for the formatting errors in the previous email. Hopefully this=
 message is cleaner.
>
> GRUB loads. =C2=A0
> I add acpi=3Doff to the boot options and boot.=C2=A0=C2=A0Otherwise, the =
screen goes black
> with a '-' symbol at the top left corner and freezes.
>
> So, after booting with acpi=3Doff, the display shows the following lines =
(with timestamps on the=C2=A0
> left, but I had to manually transcribe so I left them off):
>
> %<---------------begin pasted text-----------------------
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00=
:1d.7 setup!
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: init 0000:00:1d.7 fail, -19
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00=
:1d.0 setup!
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.0: init 0000:00:1d.0 fail, -19
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.1: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00=
:1d.1 setup!
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.1: init 0000:00:1d.1 fail, -19
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.2: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00=
:1d.2 setup!
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.2: init 0000:00:1d.2 fail, -19
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.3: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00=
:1d.3 setup!
> =C2=A0ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.3: init 0000:00:1d.7 fail, -19
> =C2=A0GC Warning: pthread_getattr_np or pthread_attr_getstack failed for =
main thread
> =C2=A0GC Warning: couldn't read /proc/stat
> =C2=A0Welcome, this is GNU's early boot Guile.
> =C2=A0Use '--repl' for an initrd REPL.
> =C2=A0
> =C2=A0loading kernel modules...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0waiting for partition '31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833' to app=
ear...
> =C2=A0ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> =C2=A0failed to resolve partition "31393730-3031-3031-3139-343934363833"
> =C2=A0%<-------------end paste---------------------------------
>
> And then it enters the Guile 2.2.4 prompt, but the keyboard and USB ports
> are disabled at this stage, so I can't use it.

It appears that our initrd lacks the drivers needed to access the DVD
drive.

I did some looking around for any recently updated tutorials on how to
install GNU/Linux on a MacBook 1,1, and the only recent success story I
found involved installing the rEFInd boot manager and using it to boot
to a USB installer.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnHRai14ETKU

I would suggest something along those lines, since it would eliminate
the need to access the DVD drive from the initrd, which seems to be
where you're currently getting stuck.

       Mark